Award Travel 101
Chicago Seminars and Zorkfest Recap
Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT101” for $10 off your first year. Head to ThriftyTraveler.com for more details and check out their Google Flights guide. Recent finds include:
- Delta One Business Class to Europe for 39K
- First Class to Australia for 109K
- JetBlue Mint for for under $2K R/T to Europe
You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium.
Post of the week
Angie Sparks - another reminder as to why I love having a cache of points
News
- Delta Elite status changes
- MGM Marriott updates
- Transfer Bonuses Flying Blue & Lifemiles
- How I Traveled (with my son) Using Awards & $54
- Hilton Surpass & Aspire changes
- Incredible MINIMUM 3X Everywhere up to 10X Freedom Unlimited
Trip updates
- Angie - Took First Flight as a Spirit Gold member
- Joe - Booked framework for Father/Son trip in 2024
- 20K United miles in economy (CLE-IAD)
- 98K Avios (70K Membership Rewards transferred from British Airways) for Iberia business IAD-MAD-VCE (hear how this nearly prevented me from booking)
- 30K Hyatt Centric Murano (2 days) - see 5 Reasons to get the World of Hyatt card
- cruise
- 80K Hilton points and a Free Night Award for two nights at the Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri
- 150K Virgin Atlantic points (104K MR & 4K UR) for ITA business class FCO-JFK C/O Thrifty Traveler Premium
- 15K BA Avios (11K MR) for economy JFK-CLE
- Canceled one Etihad First flight to get 230K AA miles back
What bonuses did we get?
- Angie - P2 applied for Amex Business Gold but need to call for reconsideration
- Joe - P2 Amex Business Gold approval
- Saved $500 with CardPointers
Highlight feature: It's Meetup Week (Angie at Chicago Seminars & Joe at Zorkfest in Lake Tahoe)
Angie and Joe both met for the first time as Joe was traveling to Angie's hometown, so they both love meetups. Angie went to Chicago Seminars, Joe went out west for Zorkfest.
Tip of the week
Pay attention to what benefits you are entitled to from your status. Angie learned something she didn't know.
Send us a text message to share your thoughts about this episode.
Where to Find Us
For questions, you can join us in the free 110,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.
- To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
- You can also email us at 101@award.travel
- Our next meetup is located in SEATTLE on AUGUST 16–18, 2024. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit "Out to SEA" on the award.travel website.
Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT101” for $10 off your first year. Head to ThriftyTraveler.com for more details and check out their Google Flights guide. Recent finds include:
- Delta One Business Class to Europe for 39K
- First Class to Australia for 109K
- JetBlue Mint for for under $2K R/T to Europe
You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium.
Post of the week
Angie Sparks - another reminder as to why I love having a cache of points
News
- Delta Elite status changes
- MGM Marriott updates
- Transfer Bonuses Flying Blue & Lifemiles
- How I Traveled (with my son) Using Awards & $54
- Hilton Surpass & Aspire changes
- Incredible MINIMUM 3X Everywhere up to 10X Freedom Unlimited
Trip updates
- Angie - Took First Flight as a Spirit Gold member
- Joe - Booked framework for Father/Son trip in 2024
- 20K United miles in economy (CLE-IAD)
- 98K Avios (70K Membership Rewards transferred from British Airways) for Iberia business IAD-MAD-VCE (hear how this nearly prevented me from booking)
- 30K Hyatt Centric Murano (2 days) - see 5 Reasons to get the World of Hyatt card
- cruise
- 80K Hilton points and a Free Night Award for two nights at the Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri
- 150K Virgin Atlantic points (104K MR & 4K UR) for ITA business class FCO-JFK C/O Thrifty Traveler Premium
- 15K BA Avios (11K MR) for economy JFK-CLE
- Canceled one Etihad First flight to get 230K AA miles back
What bonuses did we get?
- Angie - P2 applied for Amex Business Gold but need to call for reconsideration
- Joe - P2 Amex Business Gold approval
- Saved $500 with CardPointers
Highlight feature: It's Meetup Week (Angie at Chicago Seminars & Joe at Zorkfest in Lake Tahoe)
Angie and Joe both met for the first time as Joe was traveling to Angie's hometown, so they both love meetups. Angie went to Chicago Seminars, Joe went out west for Zorkfest.
Tip of the week
Pay attention to what benefits you are entitled to from your status. Angie learned something she didn't know.
Send us a text message to share your thoughts about this episode.
Where to Find Us
For questions, you can join us in the free 110,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.
- To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
- You can also email us at 101@award.travel
- Our next meetup is located in SEATTLE on AUGUST 16–18, 2024. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit "Out to SEA" on the award.travel website.